SIMPLIFICATION

1. The price of 80 apples is equal to that of 120 oranges. The price of 60 apples and 75 oranges
together is Rs.1320. The total price of 25 apples and 40 oranges is
A. Rs. 660 B. Rs. 620
C. Rs. 820 D. Rs. 780

2. The price of 24 apples is equal to that of 28 oranges. The price of 45 apples and 60 oranges
together is Rs.1350. The total price of 30 apples and 40 oranges is
A. Rs.920 B. Rs.940
C. Rs.880 D. Rs.900

3. There are two buildings P and Q. If 15 persons are sent from P to Q, then the number of
persons in each building is the same. If 20 persons are sent from Q to P, then the number of
persons in P is double the number of persons in Q. How many persons are there in building P?
A. 80 B. 140
C. 120 D. 90

4. The price of 3 tables and 4 chairs is Rs. 3300. With the same money one can buy 2 tables and
10 chairs. If one wants to buy 1 table and 1 chair, how much does he need to pay?
A. Rs.940 B. Rs.1050
C. Rs.1040 D. Rs.950

5. There are 6 working days in a regular week and for each day, the working hours are 10. A man
earns Rs. 2.10 per hour for regular work and Rs. 4.20 per hour for overtime. If he earns Rs.525 in
4 weeks, how many hours did he work?
A. 245 B. 285
C. 275 D. 255

6. A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals
140, then the number of hens will be
A. 22 B. 24
C. 26 D. 20

7. A sum of Rs.2200 has been divided among A, B and C such that A gets 1/4 of what B gets and
B gets 1/5 of what C gets. What is B's share?
A. Rs.341 B. Rs.364
C. Rs.372 D. Rs.352
8. A fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B
has missed 27 times, A has killed:
A. 30 birds B. 22 birds
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C. 18 birds D. 38 birds

9. If p - q = 6 and p2 + q2 = 116, what is the value of pq?

A. 30 B. 40
C. 20 D. 50

10. To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to
fill the same tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present?
A. 63 B. 64.5
C. 62.5 D. 60.5

11. John gets on the elevator at the 14th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 84 floors per
minute. At the same time, Vinod gets on an elevator at the 58th floor of the same building and
rides down at the rate of 92 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at
which floor will their paths cross?
A. 38 B. 36
C. 32 D. 35
12. A man has Rs. 312 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and twenty-
rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of
notes that he has ?
A. 36 B. 24
C. 28 D. 32

13. Free notebooks were distributed equally among children of a class. The number of notebooks
each child got was one-eighth of the number of children. Had the number of children been half,
each child would have got 16 notebooks. Total how many notebooks were distributed?
A. 602 B. 528
C. 423 D. 512

14. Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car. If one person withdraws
from the arrangement and the others share equally the entire cost of the car, then the share of each
of the remaining persons increased by:
A. 2/5 B. 1/8
C. 2/7 D. 1/7
15. (723+1992)^2−(723−1992)^2
/723×1992 = ?
A. 4 B. 33
C. 6 D. 1
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16. One-third of Rahul's savings in National Savings Certificate is equal to one-half of his savings
in Public Provident Fund. If he has Rs. 1,80,000 as total savings, how much has he saved in
Public Provident Fund?
A. Rs. 72000 B. Rs. 44000
C. Rs. 58000 D. Rs. 92000

17. 8 / 4 / 2 = ?
A. 4 B. 1
C. 0 D. 2

18. 20 + 20 × 2 = ?
A. 40 B. 50
C. 60 D. 70

19. 25 / 5 × 5 = ?
A. 25 B. 15
C. 20 D. 30

20. 5 × 5 / 5 = ?
A. 5 B. 1
C. 10 D. 25

21. b - [b -(a+b) - {b - (b - a+b)} + 2a] = ?

A. 0 B. 4a
C. a D. -2a

22. 2 1/3+3 1/2+4

1/4 = ?
A. 10 1/12 B. 10 1/6
C. 10 1/4 D. 10 1/2

23. If a * b = 2a - 4b + 2ab, then 2*3 + 3*2 = ?

A. 2 B. 0
C. 14 D. 12

25. If the number of boys in a class are 8 times the number of girls, which value can never be the
total number of students?
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A. 27 B. 45
C. 81 D. 42

27. An organization decided to raise Rs. 6 lakh by collecting equal contribution from each of its
employees. If each of them had contributed Rs. 60 extra, the contribution would have been Rs.
6.24 lakh. How many employees are there in that organization?
A. 400 B. 300
C. 200 D. 100

28. In a group of ducks and cows, the total number of legs are 28 more than twice the number of
heads. Find the total number of cows.
A. 14 B. 12
C. 16 D. 8
29. If a - b = 6 and a2 + b2 = 116, then what is the value of ab?
A. 20 B. 40
C. 60 D. 80
30. A room has equal number of men and women. Eight women left the room, leaving twice as
many men as women in the room . What was the total number of men and women present in the
room initially?
A. 32 B. 34
C. 28 D. 30

ANSWERS: 1B, 2D, 3C, 4B, 5A, 6C, 7D, 8A, 9B, 10C, 11D, 12A, 13D, 14D,
15A, 16A, 17B, 18C, 19A, 20A, 21B, 22A, 23C, 25D, 27A, 28A, 29B, 30A